[birdky] RPT: a weekend of birding in Louisville May 25-27(long)

Had a lovely weekend of birding Louisville a few hours at a time.  Nothing too 
insanse just expected migrants coming back through.  

Friday 8:30-9:00am I was on my way to the car when I came into a birding 
frenzy.  I live just off of Southern Parkway just north of Woodlawn Ave.

Hairy Woodpecker-1 
House Wren-calling
Gray Catbird-1 foy
Eastern Towhee- caliing
Chipping Sp.- 15 small flock moving through 
White-throated Sp.-conservatively 50-75 wheeling about in and out of the yard.  
As I was watching the lawn behind my apartment another group starting rising 
from the ground and calling I didn't even know was there.  There must have been 
at least 50. Ridiculous!
Baltimore Oriole- 2 imm. males/females chasing each other foy

Just as I was about to leave to go visit Iroquois, afriend of mine got in his 
car and I heard his flat tire as he was taking off, so had to help take him to 
work before he was late and then..

Iroquois Park- 9:30-10:00am- not enough time to see any real migrant acitvity 
but
Broad-wg. Hawk - still hanging out there by the parking lot
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo- actually this is a bird I heard the evening before
Tennesse Warbler-heard
Black-throated green Warbler-1 fem.
Blackburnian Warbler-heard

Saturday- Garvin Brown Preserve-10:30-3:30pm
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Blue-wg. Teal-15
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser- fem. again
Black Vulture-10 feeding on fish
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier- 1 imm. flying high on other side of river nice to see one 
this late
Red-sh. Hawk-2
Am. Kestrel
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs-1 first I've seen in a while - good studies
Lesser Yellowlegs-10
Solitary Sand.-10 not living up to the name 
Mourning Dove
Cuckoo landed in tree for few secs. in bad light- then flew gave impression of 
Black-bl. but too brief
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bl. Wood.
Downy Wood.
Hairy Wood.
No. Flicker
Least Flycatcher- good eyering and whit call
Eastern Kingbird
Swallows: every species but cliff, good studies of Bank Swallows at reast on 
road
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Carolina Chick.
Tufted Tit.
White-br. Nuthatch
Caro. Wren
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Am. Robin
all mimids the scarcest being mockingbird
starling
Red-eyed Vireo
Tennesse Warbler-heard
Yellow Warbler-singing everywhere
Yellow-rp. Warbler-1
Palm Warbler-1
Northern Waterthrush-2
Common Yellowthroat- everywhere
No. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting- 1
Eastern Towhee 
Savannah Sp.-1
Song Sp.
Swamp Sp.-1
White-thr. Sp.-3
White-cr. Sp.-1 heard
Red-wg. Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Co. Grackle
Brown-hd. Cowbird
Orchard Oriole-foy 3
Baltimore Oriole-fem.
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
House Sp.

At dusk I went to the nature center where I had a Chestnut-sd. Warbler and 
heard No. Parula and saw a lone Swamp Sp. in the field.  by the dumpster there 
was a disgruntled raccoon waiting for me to leave.

On Sunday no birding, but a White-crowned Sparrow appeard in my driveway.  What 
a treat!

Today I went to Iroquois Park for an hour and wind made brding difficult but I 
found a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher nest and the first Hooded Warbler I think I've 
seen there a long time.  Man I love spring!

Good birding,
Michael Autin,
Louisville









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